I suppose Serenity would have indeed been more popular after Avengers, but I doubt Avengers would have happened without Serenity. I can't see Marvel handing such a movie over to somebody who had never directed a feature before.

Tonya J, pgnbri Ok....I just had a mental image for that T-shirt - Joss, sitting in front of a full-length mirror, looking at his reflection, with the quote at the bottom. A la Stuart Smalley. Probably have to put "My fans" at the top, though, so it makes a bit of sense to those who didn't see the interview.

I'm thinking, why wouldn't a Firefly prequel sell a butt-load of tickets? It wouldn't require that folks had seen either Firefly or Serenity and could draw more people into the verse and then make that long overdue Serenity sequel happen.

I think a SERENITY (movie) prequel could be excellent, but a full Firefly prequel would be harder because 1) most of the crew didn't know each other long before, or at least you'd have to cut out Shepard Book, River, and Simon, but also because of 2) unfortunately, much of the cast is indeed looking older now. That wouldn't be a huge deal if it were a sequel or a late-series prequel (ala Serenity movie prequel), but it would be a bit jarring if you were watching in chronological order.